Sunday May 27, 2012

Lighting up

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Lighting up
PHOTO BY ROBERT TOTSUKA

Performers from Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, promote their various types of fireworks in Tokyo. They pack 1.6 kgs of black gunpowder and set it off, holding the bamboo tube in one hand.

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    ebisen

    and these are the small ones. The bigger are held on the hips, and shoot out flames 10-15m high. Extremely dangerous when dropped, as it can give a new haircut in 1 second...

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    some14some

    environment friendly :(

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    paulinusa

    Just don't be downwind while holding these.

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    Weasel

    Hope they were holding a cell phone in the other hand, in case things went sour fast.

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    JapanGal

    ummm... gun powder sometimes goes crazy and blows up kaboom style. Any of these people ever lose a hand? 1.6KG is quite a lot. Think about how much is in just one bullet and the power of that.

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    lostrune2

    Haha, we used to play shoot each other with fireworks!

    Not good when it hits you though. Even worse if your holding hand slips, and your own fireworks hits your hand.

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